--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
> > wrote:
> > And the more that they
> > > argue with others and try to assert that they *have*
> > > definitively solved the mystery of life, the *less* I'm
> > > convinced that they have solved the mystery. And the
> > > more I feel comfortable with having no clue myself.
> > >
> > > What, after all, can be "sure" that it's got things all
> > > figured out? Only a self.
> > >
> > > And the more that self believes that it *has* got things
> > > all figured out, and the more it argues with other selves
> > > for the supremacy of its ideas and concepts, IMO the more
> > > likely that self is to *remain* a self.
> > >
> > > Cool, I guess, if that's what you want out of life.
> >
> > I beg to differ Barry
>
> OK, but only if you really grovel.
>
> > -- You of all the people here on FFL have
> > unceasingly argued for your point of view regarding Maharishi
and
> > those who do TM. You are constantly asserting this and that
about
> > us, and insisting what our motives are.
> >
> > Of all those here, what you have written about people who argue
with
> > others and assert their beliefs, and think they have it all
figured
> > out, describes you best.
> >
> > You regularly and insistently post your thoughts, opinions and
> > beliefs about those who practice TM and believe in what
Maharishi is
> > doing; what their motives, emotions and life perspectives are.
And
> > it is always a negative assessment.
> >
> > So before you go off again on this newly discovered other side
of
> > the fence, please be aware that you are for the most part
describing
> > how many others see you here.:-)
>
> You just don't GET it Jim! By differnetiating the PURE from the
> IMPURE, then one can identify with the PURE, and cast all of the
> IMPURE into a bucket of worthlessness. And then feel vastly
superior.
> And smug. You ought to try it. It gives you a real "hit of energy".
> Its a real rush.
>
Believe me I have been there and done that, to death. Got the t-
shirt, and dissolved it...:-)